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At home with Indians - between spices and gods

The city’s South Asian community has its roots in the grid of streets branching off Serangoon Road. Spruced-up handicraft shops aimed at tourists are packed into the Little India Arcade opposite the more gritty wet market of the Tekka Centre. The best Indian restaurants lie along Race Course Road, while a bit of exploring will unearth theatres, a Bengali temple and a hand-operated spice mill. Dunlop Street links the main arteries of Serangoon Road and Jalan Besar; it’s the heart of backpacker land, with plenty of cheap bars and a few hostels melding with the Indian bustle. Little India MRT station on the Northeast line has an exit that opens onto the Tekka Centre market.

The lively Zhujiao (or Tekka Centre) Market, on the corner of Buffalo and Serangoon roads, is an entertaining spot. Spices can be ground to your own requirements. Upstairs is a maze of shops and stalls; the wet market is beyond the hawker centre, west along Buffalo Road. Opposite the market on Serangoon Road is ...

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